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DAVID BERNARD TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordDavid Bernard Taylor, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 16
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 16
- RICHARD LOUIS TIRICOSergeant · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- BOYD JAMES YOUNGBLOODPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT ZBOYOVSKIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ARCHIE WALKERSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 17
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.